Socrates and Alcibiades : : Plato's Drama of Political Ambition and Philosophy / / Ariel Helfer.
In the classical world, political ambition posed an intractable problem. Ancient Greek democracies fostered in their most promising youths a tension-ridden combination of the desire for personal glory and deep-seated public-spiritedness in hopes of producing brilliant and capable statesmen. But as m...
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Helfer, Ariel, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Socrates and Alcibiades : Plato's Drama of Political Ambition and Philosophy / Ariel Helfer. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource (232 p.) : 2 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Socrates' Promise and Alcibiades' Failure (Alcibiades 103- 116) -- 2. The Exaltation of Virtue (Alcibiades 116-135) -- 3. Rescuing Alcibiades (Second Alcibiades) -- 4. A Puzzling Retrospective (Symposium 211- 222) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In the classical world, political ambition posed an intractable problem. Ancient Greek democracies fostered in their most promising youths a tension-ridden combination of the desire for personal glory and deep-seated public-spiritedness in hopes of producing brilliant and capable statesmen. But as much as active civic engagement was considered among the highest goods by the Greek citizenry, the attempt to harness the love of glory to the good of the city inevitably produced notoriously ambitious figures whose zeal for political power and prestige was so great that it outstripped their intention to win honor through praiseworthy deeds. No figure better exemplifies the risks and rewards of ancient political ambition than Alcibiades, an intelligent, charming, and attractive statesman who grew up during the Golden Age of Athens and went on to become an infamous demagogue and traitor to the city during the Peloponnesian War.In Socrates and Alcibiades, Ariel Helfer gathers Plato's three major presentations of Alcibiades: the Alcibiades, the Second Alcibiades, and the Symposium. Counter to conventional interpretation, Helfer reads these texts as presenting a coherent narrative, spanning nearly two decades, of the relationship between Socrates and his most notorious pupil. Helfer argues that Plato does not simply deny the allegation that Alcibiades was corrupted by his Socratic education; rather, Plato's treatment of Alcibiades raises far-ranging questions about the nature and corruptibility of political ambition itself. How, Helfer asks, is the civic-spirited side of political ambition related to its self-serving dimensions? How can education be expected to strengthen or weaken the devotion toward one's fellow citizens? And what might Socratic philosophy reveal about the place of political aspiration in a spiritually and intellectually balanced life? Socrates and Alcibiades recovers a valuable classical lesson on the nature of civic engagement and illuminates our own complex political situation as heirs to liberal democracy's distrust of political ambition. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2020) Ambition Political aspects. Philosophy. Political Science. Public Policy. POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017 9783110540550 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE ENGLISH 2017 9783110625264 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Social Sciences 2017 9783110548242 ZDB-23-DSW Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package 2017 9783110550306 print 9780812249132 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812293982 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812293982 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780812293982.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Socrates' Promise and Alcibiades' Failure (Alcibiades 103- 116) -- 2. The Exaltation of Virtue (Alcibiades 116-135) -- 3. Rescuing Alcibiades (Second Alcibiades) -- 4. A Puzzling Retrospective (Symposium 211- 222) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Socrates' Promise and Alcibiades' Failure (Alcibiades 103- 116) -- 2. The Exaltation of Virtue (Alcibiades 116-135) -- 3. Rescuing Alcibiades (Second Alcibiades) -- 4. A Puzzling Retrospective (Symposium 211- 222) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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